45%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Σιμωνίδης(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Derived from Greek σιμός (simos) meaning "flat-nosed" and the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This name was borne by the 7th-century BC iambic poet Simonides of Amorgos and the 6th-century BC lyric poet Simonides of Ceos. Related Names Rootssimos + ides Categories body parts, poets, Shakespearean characters Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Σιμωνίδης.